Giant viruses—big surprises

N Brandes, M Linial - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Viruses are the most prevalent infectious agents, populating almost every ecosystem on
earth. Most viruses carry only a handful of genes supporting their replication and the …

What prevents mainstream evolutionists teaching the whole truth about how genomes evolve?

J Shapiro, D Noble - Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The common belief that the neo-Darwinian Modern Synthesis (MS) was buttressed by the
discoveries of molecular biology is incorrect. On the contrary those discoveries have …

Widespread endogenization of giant viruses shapes genomes of green algae

M Moniruzzaman, AR Weinheimer… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Endogenous viral elements (EVEs)—viruses that have integrated their genomes into those
of their hosts—are prevalent in eukaryotes and have an important role in genome evolution …

A phylogenomic framework for charting the diversity and evolution of giant viruses

FO Aylward, M Moniruzzaman, AD Ha, EV Koonin - PLoS Biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Large DNA viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota have recently emerged as important
members of ecosystems around the globe that challenge traditional views of viral …

Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses

F Schulz, L Alteio, D Goudeau, EM Ryan, FB Yu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Known giant virus diversity is currently skewed towards viruses isolated from aquatic
environments and cultivated in the laboratory. Here, we employ cultivation-independent …

A distinct lineage of giant viruses brings a rhodopsin photosystem to unicellular marine predators

DM Needham, S Yoshizawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Giant viruses are remarkable for their large genomes, often rivaling those of small bacteria,
and for having genes thought exclusive to cellular life. Most isolated to date infect nonmarine …

Marine viruses: key players in marine ecosystems

M Middelboe, CPD Brussaard - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Viruses were recognized as the causative agents of fish diseases, such as infectious
pancreatic necrosis and Oregon sockeye disease, in the early 1960s [1], and have since …

Incorporating viruses into soil ecology: A new dimension to understand biogeochemical cycling

X Liang, M Radosevich, JM DeBruyn… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Viruses, with an estimated abundance of 1031 on Earth, are an important component of soil
ecosystems. As obligate parasites that entirely depend on hosts for reproduction and …

Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects

AD Ha, M Moniruzzaman, FO Aylward - ISME communications, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota are ubiquitous in ocean waters and play important
roles in shaping the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In this study, we leveraged the …

Viruses of eukaryotic algae: diversity, methods for detection, and future directions

SR Coy, ER Gann, HL Pound, SM Short, SW Wilhelm - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
The scope for ecological studies of eukaryotic algal viruses has greatly improved with the
development of molecular and bioinformatic approaches that do not require algal cultures …